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Senate Democrats today approved a significant change to Senate rules that undercuts Republicans' ability to block President Obama's judicial and executive branch nominees.

Operations at a major oil port came to a halt today when a blast at a Sinopec Corp. oil pipeline killed 35 people in eastern China.

Oregon officials have established restrictions on two types of pesticides that were linked to bee die-offs in the state this past summer.

A select legislative committee in Wyoming voted Wednesday in favor of draft legislation that it says could lead to the state's taking control of federal lands within its borders.

In Minnesota, more than 200 conservation officers work to protect the state's forests, waters and fields. Of that number, 17 are women.

The Pennsylvania Legislature this week approved a $2.3 billion transportation bill that includes funding for transit, highways and other infrastructure projects.

Furniture manufacturers are no longer required to fill upholstered furniture with pounds of toxic chemicals to meet California flammability standards.

Residents of Allegheny County in western Pennsylvania have a higher-than-normal cancer risk from toxic air pollution, a new study shows.

The Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes want their shared reservation to be considered as a separate state when U.S. EPA implements the Clean Air Act.

A Caterpillar Inc. subsidiary is under investigation to determine whether it dumped train parts into the Pacific Ocean in a possible scheme to bill railroad companies for unnecessary repairs.

Despite an ongoing probe into fires in Tesla Motors Inc. cars, its luxury Model S sedan is more popular than ever.

U.S. federal energy regulators fined energy companies more than $304 million in fiscal 2013, mostly for market manipulation and false reporting violations.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced the hiring of William Yancey Brown to serve as its chief environment officer.

Oil sands extractors in Canada plan to start building lakes to store toxic waste from Alberta's oil sands projects.

Federal regulators forced five companies to shut down their offshore oil and gas operations after they failed to meet a new safety requirement.

An $8.3 billion loan guarantee conditionally approved by the Obama administration for the first new U.S. nuclear reactors in more than three decades is advancing, a Georgia utility said yesterday.

The attorneys general of Montana and North Dakota are questioning the legality of Washington state's ongoing review of coal export terminal proposals there.

National standards for building construction, storm shelters and emergency communications would help reduce the deaths and damage caused by tornadoes, federal officials said yesterday.

A photo of a celebrity hunter posing with a dead lion has sparked an outcry and resulted in a record-breaking online petition.

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.'s president and CEO yesterday said he thinks his company will find a partner for the proposed Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

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